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ST. LOUIS — Cardinals veteran right-hander Adam Wainwright made the 400th start of his career, but the Houston Astros forced him into an early exit as Wainwright has turned in back-to-back short outings with high run totals.

ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals looked poised for a third consecutive win, a series-clinching victory in come-from-behind fashion after they’d fallen into an early hole. Momentum seemed to be shifting in their favor in a season primarily characterized by unmet expectations.

ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals returned from their European excursion with a daunting homestand waiting for them in St. Louis with the defending World Series champion Houston Astros the first foe knocking at their door.

MLB will be evaluating if and how they can continue to stage games in London after the last scheduled series here in 2026

WASHINGTON — Rested and refreshed after a day off on Monday, Cardinals outfielder Dylan Carlson launched a pair of home runs into the night sky, and left-hander Jordan Montgomery kept the Washington Nationals hitters from inflicting any significant damage as the Cardinals matched their longest win streak of the season…

WASHINGTON — Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty pulled it together after he gave up five early runs, and he somehow managed to still be standing on the mound in the seventh inning with the his club leading by multiple runs.

CINCINNATI — One way for the Cardinals to get away with removing the heart of their lineup and letting it rest in the dugout Thursday afternoon was to get a heady pitching performance that did not need much from the lineup at all.

CINCINNATI — The Cardinals had chance after chance after chance in the late innings Monday to turn a tie game into their latest triumph on the climb back to contention.

ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals finished their homestand in a similar fashion to how they started it, with Jack Flaherty on the mound and their offense providing a double-digit scoring output in a victory in front of a home crowd.

ST. LOUIS — Left-hander Jordan Montgomery had been the most consistent member of the Cardinals’ starting rotation, but the fourth inning became a frame he’d like to forget as the Arizona Diamondbacks scored six runs and turned the slimmest of Cardinals leads into a significant deficit for the home club.

ST. LOUIS — Andrew McCutchen doesn't agree with the idea of distilling the celebration of Jackie Robinson down into one day. For McCutchen, it's something he tries to do every day he takes the field, by the way he plays the game and carries himself.